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Apostrophes: Do they matter?

Does the misuse/omission of apostrophes irritate you? What about any other punctuation errors or turns-of-phrase? eg 'basically....' or 'so I turned round and said...' One of the ones that does my...

Jemisa

point taken, doh!

Kate & William... Kate told William she wanted three children, while the young husband said two would be enough for him. They discussed this discrepancy for a few minutes until Prince William...

ayabrea38

Best way to remove mould from leather

Rediscovered two pairs of leather gloves in the bottom of an old box which have unfortunately gone very mouldy.Apart from possibly taking them to be dry cleaned(don't even know if that is possible)is...

Dee Sa

I said I would not watch !

then hubby asked for the tv to go on and as he is reg blind I felt duty bound to describe things for him and by the time the bride had reached the altar I was blubbing ! I didnt say I did not admire...

Jemisa

Wedding Outfits?

I thought the best dressed out of all at the wedding was the Brides Mother, stylish, beautiful colour, Hat perfect. Out of the guests - Sara Palmer Tomkinson, she looked stunning in that petrol blue...

horseshoes

Royal Wedding.......

........ of Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon to the future King George VI; how times change. A request by the BBC to broadcast the wedding ceremony was turned down - due to concern that working men might...

david51058

Why can't people speak to each other quietly?

Why is it that some people cannot speak to each other quietly? I have noticed it particularly in the recent good weather when people have been sitting out in the garden. There are some who seem to...

whiskeryron

Unbelievable!!!!!

Unbelievable!!!!! (but not surprising...) I bet this will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Can you imagine working for a company that only has a little more than 635 employees, but, has the...

hippyhoppy

Right.. advice required (esp from some Policemen out there..!!!)

Brief background.. a couple of years ago got chatting to a chap on line.. turned out to be a complete loony and he stalked me to within an inch of my nerves....I had to ask a blokey chap to tell him...

carolegif

What is your royal wedding invite name

Start with Lord or Lady- Your first name is the name of one of your grandparents. Your surname is double-barrelled so the first part is the name of your first pet and the second part is the name of...

milly143

Anonymity

I know there are lots of people on here who are happy to share all sorts of details about themselves and their lives, I'm one of them but there are also a lot of people on here who keep any personal...

jubieanna

(sic) what does it mean?

what does (sic) mean. I see it a lot in articles after a quotation from someone. it's usually in square brackets but I don't know how to do them on my laptop!

ilia6

Professor Brian Cox

I'm really sorry......! but I think this is hilarious! I know it's childish but I'm still chuckling...lol...

Jemisa

Its back on.

We've put the heating back on tonight, haven't had it on for 3 days. Just goes to show its cooling off here. Have you, or are you braver? Jem...

ClareA

Jetwash attachments for cleaning gutters

Does anyone know where I might get jetwash attachments for clearing gutter debris - I'm visualising a sort of swan-neck arrangement - or else a jetwash that comes with such a thing? Any help much...